First readers in House, 2019 March 25

FIRST READERS IN HOUSE MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 THIRTY-SIXTH LEGISLATIVE DAY
*Rules Suspended
HB 662. By Representative Benton of the 31st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, so as to require actuarial investigations for the retirement system to occur at least once in every three-year period; to provide that the maximum annual assumed rate of return shall not exceed 6 percent; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 663. By Representatives Efstration of the 104th and Fleming of the 121st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, so as to require membership in the system for certain persons employed in certain full-time positions requiring admission to the State Bar of Georgia as a condition of employment; to provide for an election for such current employees; to provide for transfer of funds; to provide for transfer of membership service; to provide for all other individuals employed by a new court; to modify provisions related to salary; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 664. By Representatives Fleming of the 121st, Powell of the 171st, Trammell of the 132nd, Kelley of the 16th, Efstration of the 104th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 23 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Judicial Retirement System, so as to require membership in the system for certain persons employed in certain full-time positions requiring admission to the State Bar of Georgia as a condition of employment; to provide for an election for such current employees; to provide for transfer of funds; to require payment of actuarial costs; to provide for transfer of membership service; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
HB 665. By Representatives Knight of the 130th and Holly of the 111th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in the City of Locust Grove; to provide for the dissolution and reactivation of districts under certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
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HB 666. By Representatives Dollar of the 45th, Powell of the 32nd, and Harrell of the 106th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 34 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to physicians, acupuncture, physician assistants, and others, so as to provide for the licensing of surgical assistants; to provide for definitions; to provide for powers and responsibilities of the Georgia Composite Medical Board; to provide for licensing standards and requirements; to provide for the issuance of licenses and exceptions to licensure requirements; to provide for licenses and their duration, renewal, and filing; to provide for licensing of provisional licensed surgical assistants and standards and requirements relating thereto; to provide for sanctions; to provide for an advisory committee; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HB 667. By Representatives Martin of the 49th, Powell of the 171st, Jasperse of the 11th, and Harrell of the 106th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 3 of Title 47 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia, so as to require actuarial investigations for the retirement system to occur at least once in every three-year period; to provide that the maximum annual assumed rate of return shall not exceed 6 percent; to require the retirement system to use direct rate smoothing for actuarially determined employer contributions; to require that certain legacy debt of the retirement system be paid by a certain date; to require that future unfunded actuarial accrued liability shall be paid using 15 year amortization periods; to provide for related matters; to provide conditions for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on RETIREMENT
*HB 678. By Representatives Howard of the 124th, Frazier of the 126th, Nelson of the 125th, Newton of the 123rd, and Prince of the 127th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act establishing the compensation of certain officials in Richmond County, approved April 12, 1982 (Ga. L. 1982, p. 3941), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 4, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 3505), so as to change the compensation of the judge of the probate court; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 679. By Representative Jones of the 91st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Stonecrest in DeKalb County, approved April 21, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3538), so as to revise certain powers of the city; to provide for a hotel/motel tax; to rename and redefine the community improvement district; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
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*HB 680. By Representative Jones of the 91st: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for charter review commissions for all municipal corporations located wholly or partially in DeKalb County, Georgia; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 681. By Representatives Sainz of the 180th and Corbett of the 174th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the Camden County Public Service Authority, approved March 30, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 4273), as amended, so as to revise a definition; to provide for the composition of the Authority; to provide for an annual certified audit; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum; to provide for contingent effective dates and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 682. By Representatives Sainz of the 180th and Corbett of the 174th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Camden County Spaceport Authority; to provide for a short title; to confer powers and impose duties on the authority; to provide for the membership and the appointment of members of the authority and their terms of office, qualifications, duties, powers, and compensation; to provide for vacancies, organization, meetings, and expenses; to prohibit authority employees and members from having certain interests; to provide for definitions; to provide for venue and jurisdiction; to provide for authority purpose; to provide for charges; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for tort immunity; to provide for liberal construction; to provide related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 683. By Representatives Sainz of the 180th and Corbett of the 174th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal an Act creating and establishing the Saint Marys Airport Authority, approved March 4, 1964 (Ga. L. 1964, p. 2438), as amended by an Act approved April 11, 1979 (Ga. L. 1979, p. 3278); to provide for the assets and liabilities thereof; to provide for related matters; to provide a specific repealer; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 684. By Representatives Gambill of the 15th and Scoggins of the 14th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Cartersville independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of 50 percent of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 65 years of age or older, in the amount of 75 percent of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older, and in the amount of the full assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district
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who are 80 years of age or older; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 685. By Representatives Bentley of the 139th and Dickey of the 140th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a new charter for the City of Fort Valley, approved August 22, 1907 (Ga. L. 1907, p. 651), as amended, so as to provide for the establishment and powers of the Fort Valley Utility Commission; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 686. By Representatives Dickey of the 140th and Bentley of the 139th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to extend the limits of the City of Fort Valley and for other purposes, approved August 17, 1925 (Ga. L. 1925, p. 1063), so as to remove a certain geographical area from the corporate limits of said city; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 687. By Representatives Rich of the 97th, Harrell of the 106th, Barr of the 103rd, Kirby of the 114th, Kennard of the 102nd, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Sugar Hill, Georgia, approved May 14, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 3546), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 10, 2014 (Ga. L. 2014, p. 3618), so as to change the corporate limits of the city; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 688. By Representatives Belton of the 112th, Welch of the 110th, Rutledge of the 109th, and Dickerson of the 113th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate and to grant a new charter to the City of Covington, approved January 30, 1962 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 2003), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 18, 1967 (Ga. L. 1967, p. 3157), so as to provide for term limits for the governing authority of such municipality; to provide for a referendum; to provide for contingent effective dates; to provide for automatic repeal under certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 689. By Representatives Douglas of the 78th, Welch of the 110th, Rutledge of the 109th, Holly of the 111th, Stephenson of the 90th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to create the Henry County Governmental Services Authority, approved May 6, 2005 (Ga. L. 2005, p. 4014), as amended,
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particularly by an Act approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3722), so as to expand the purpose of the authority to include providing stormwater facilities and undertakings as defined by the Revenue Bond Law; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 694. By Representatives Mitchell of the 88th, Davis of the 87th, Wilson of the 80th, Oliver of the 82nd, Bennett of the 94th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the clerk of the Superior Court of DeKalb County to require that tax parcel identification number information be included on documents recorded in the real property records of said clerk; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 695. By Representatives Wilson of the 80th, Oliver of the 82nd, Davis of the 87th, Henson of the 86th, Bennett of the 94th, and others: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Brookhaven in DeKalb County, approved April 16, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5527), as amended, so as to increase the term limit of the mayor; to repeal expired provisions related to election of mayor and councilmembers during the first four years of the city's existence; to provide for the filling of vacancies in the offices of mayor and councilmembers of more than 12 months; to provide for the filling of vacancies in the offices of mayor and councilmembers of less than 12 months; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 696. By Representative Jones of the 25th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of one or more community improvement districts in Forsyth County; to provide for the dissolution and reactivation of districts under certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
*HB 697. By Representative Pruett of the 149th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Alamo, approved May 18, 2007 (Ga. L. 2007, p. 3964), so as to provide for incorporation, boundaries, and powers of the city; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
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*HB 698. By Representatives Belton of the 112th, Welch of the 110th, Dickerson of the 113th, and Rutledge of the 109th: A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a new charter for the City of Covington; to provide for incorporation; to provide for other matters relative to the foregoing; to provide for term limits; to provide a specific repealer; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on INTRAGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION LOCAL
HR 645. By Representatives Davis of the 87th, Henson of the 86th, Stephenson of the 90th, Mitchell of the 88th, Shannon of the 84th, and others: A RESOLUTION urging the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority to reaffirm its commitment to an extension of the rail system along the east side of Interstate 20 in South DeKalb County; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION
HR 646. By Representatives Dempsey of the 13th, Cooper of the 43rd, Newton of the 123rd, Jackson of the 128th, and Tankersley of the 160th: A RESOLUTION encouraging the Georgia Legislature to broaden eligibility and increase funding for the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention Program; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HR 647. By Representatives Schofield of the 60th, Anulewicz of the 42nd, Buckner of the 137th, Jones of the 47th, and Hugley of the 136th: A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on Addressing Period (or Menstruation) Poverty in Girls in Elementary, Middle, and High Schools in Need in Georgia; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
HR 648. By Representatives Setzler of the 35th, Scoggins of the 14th, Gambill of the 15th, and Williams of the 145th: A RESOLUTION to bring awareness to vaccine injury in the State of Georgia; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
*HR 680. By Representatives Carter of the 92nd, Paris of the 142nd, Dreyer of the 59th, Trammell of the 132nd, and Stovall of the 74th: A RESOLUTION creating the House Study Committee on School Nutrition Program Funding; and for other purposes.
Referred to the Committee on SPECIAL RULES
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